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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to filing deadlines to become a write-in candidate in |
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elections. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 146, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 146.003 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 146.003. FILING DEADLINES FOR CANDIDATES. In this |
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code, a filing deadline by which an application for a place on a |
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ballot must be filed applies to a declaration of write-in candidacy |
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for that election. |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Section 146.025, Election Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 146.025. TIME OF FILING [PERIOD]. |
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SECTION 3. Section 11.056(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) A declaration of write-in candidacy must be filed not |
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later than the deadline prescribed by Section 146.003 [146.054], |
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Election Code, for a write-in candidate [in a city election]. |
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SECTION 4. Section 130.0825(b), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) A declaration of write-in candidacy must be filed not |
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later than the deadline prescribed by Section 146.003 [146.054], |
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Election Code, for a write-in candidate [in a city election]. |
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SECTION 5. Section 285.131(d), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d) A declaration of write-in candidacy must be filed not |
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later than the deadline prescribed by Section 146.003 [146.054], |
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Election Code, for a write-in candidate [in a city election]. |
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SECTION 6. Section 63.0945(d), Water Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(d) A declaration of write-in candidacy must be filed not |
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later than the deadline prescribed by Section 146.003 [146.054], |
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Election Code, for a write-in candidate [in a city election]. |
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SECTION 7. Sections 144.006, 146.025(a) and (b), 146.054, |
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146.083, and 171.0231(d), Election Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 8. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |